St.

Paul University Philippines

The water analysis of the drinking fountains in St.

A Research Paper Submitted to:

MS. NORMI ANNE M. TUAZON

In Partial Fulfillment

Of the Requirements for the Research Project

(Capstone Research Project)

Submitted by:

Ma.Fatima,Galamgam

Ian Seth Sibbaluca

Sean Patrick Panganiban

Vince Allan De Leon

Marvin Aranilla

Andre Palattao
 Chapter I
INTRODUCTION

Background of the study

As outbreak of waterborne diseases, like typhoid a cholera,

hit the country, with unprotected water sources, non-

chlorination of community-based systems, and inadequate water

monitoring, as few of the reasons for the outbreaks. With the

installation of drinking fountains, a device, which supplies

drinking water in public places such as streets, parks, and

schools. Accordingly, some of the first water fountain designs

included chained metal drinking cups, which ultimately proved

unsanitary and capable of spread diseases. Numerous public users

are prone of any waterborne diseases when inadequate water

monitoring/ analysis is not in plan. According to World Health

Organization (WHO) in their Guidelines for Drinking Water

Quality recommended that water suppliers develop and implement

Water Safety Plans or WPSs in order to systematically assess and

manage risks. The WHO added that the use of WSPs would

contribute in reducing the environmental risks of waterborne

diseases, in order to minimize these disease outbreaks.

The St. Paul University Philippine has various drinking

fountains wherein almost everyone drink from it. From

it to hydrate themselves or quench their thirst. It is now new

that the mount of people using the water fountain is

diversified. Others are spitting and sneezing worse, some are

sick, have cough or flu, etc. with certain germs will get in the

way, oftentimes, it is asked, is drink? Accordingly the study

done by the Toronto Star, it concludes that even a dog’s bowl is

safer to drink out of than a water fountain wherein they

compared the bacteria of water fountain and dog’s bowl. It says

that water fountain had 4,529 bacteria and dog bowl only had 172

bacteria. To end various speculation, water analysis will be

conducted to drinking fountains inside the campus. Likewise, to

see if SPUP abides to the WHO’s Guidelines for Drinking Water

Quality.
Statement of the Problems

The study aims to determine whether the drinking fountain of

St. Paul University of Philippines is safe from drinking.

Specifically, his sought to answer are the following:

1. Is there any pathogen can be found in the water from

drinking fountain?

2. Is there a significant difference between the three samples

in terms of amount of the bacteria present in each samples?

3. Does the water in the drinking fountain reuse its water?

Objectives of the study

This study aims to study the safetiness of the filtered water

from different drinking fountain inside the campus. This study

also aims to:

1. Analyse the variation of bacteria present in the water from

the drinking fountains,

The importance of this study is to provide information

about the drinking fountain. The result of the study can be

utilized by reviving he use of drinking fountains to help ensure

the availability of safe and reliable drinking fountains,

encourage their use entities providing free practices for

maintaining fountains, and invest in new, modern installations

as needed. In addition, the safetiness of the user who will

drink in this kind of drinking station especially the students

and the people inside the university will rest assured that they

are drinking safe and clean water from the fountain.

Besides, this study ensures the safetiness of the people

who will drink in this kind of drinking station especially the

following:

Students and Teachers. As one of the main consumers of the water

from the drinking fountain will have knowledge about the water

they’re drinking.

SPUP Administration. To increase awareness about the water

they’re providing to everyone so that they can improve all

actions that can be done for the sake of the consumers.

up a better solution to avoid waterborne diseases that can be

taken from the water.

Scope and Delimitations

The focus of this study is to analyze the water in the

drinking fountain inside the campus and to provide information

to everyone. This study limits only to the direct water coming

from the drinking fountain. This study limits on the treatments

that might be used in the drinking fountain.

REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE

This section provides studies and possible literature that

are relevant to our research study to provide better

understanding, initial knowledge and our basis about the said

study.

Related literature

In her MCP thesis, "Drinking Fountains: The Past and Future

of Free Public Water in the United States", Josselyn Ivanov (MCP

2015) analyzed an often-overlooked aspect of our cities, public

water fountains:

Drinking fountains have a rich history as pieces of urban

infrastructure. Installed in Renaissance Rome as public art

glorifying the Pope, in industrial London as a humanitarian

source of cholera-free water, and in prohibition-era America to

discourage alcohol consumption, drinking fountains have filled

many public functions over many centuries. But today’s drinking

fountains, when installed at all, are purely utilitarian:

undersigned in terms of both form and strategic urban placement.

Shoved between bathrooms and trashcans and probably broken,

drinking fountains have fallen on hard times in the public

realm. Many Americans express skepticism of public water

waters instead, reflecting underlying attitudes about distrust

of government and public infrastructure.

There are compelling reasons to rethink and redesign our

relationship with drinking fountains. Today, the United States

confronts a new set of challenges: neglected urban spaces,

obesity and lifestyle-related disease, widespread privatization

of public goods, rampant socio-economic inequality, and plastic

pollution. Drinking fountains may be uniquely suited to help

confront these problems by cutting down on bottle waste,

providing accessible water for homeless and vulnerable

populations, reducing consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages,

facilitating exercise, and adding interest and beauty to public

spaces - but they will only be able to achieve these goals

through thoughtful design and good maintenance. In surveys,

people were more likely to drinking from outdoor drinking

fountains if they believed that they were clean, safe, and

beautiful; the importance of appeal in decision-making has been

understood by corporations like Coca-Cola and Apple for decades,

but has been little-considered in promoting public water.

Drinking fountains, a seemingly insignificant urban element with

huge actual potential, are an exemplar of what is possible when

societies value public space and the public good. Addressing

perceptions of them could reframe drinking fountains to help

address some of today’s most pressing problems.

RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

This chapter presents the methods to be used in the study.

It describes the research design, research locale, subject of

the study, data gathering procedures, and method of analysis or

statistical tool.

Research Design

The experimental method of research will be used in

conducting this study. Experimental because its tests the safety

and the cleanliness of the water and to site other findings from

the conducted tests.

Research Locale

This study was conducted at St. Paul University Philippines

Tuguegarao City, Cagayan and Department of Science and

Technology (DOST) Tuguegarao City, Cagayan.

Sample Collection. Collect 100 ml water from the different

drinking fountain located inside St. Paul University

Philippines. Put each to a transparent glass container that are

sterilized and close them tightly hem label as FOUNTAIN A, B, C,

D, E respectfully.

Water Analysis

Bring all he collected data to the nearest water analysis

laboratory that is accredited by Department of Science and

Technology (DOST). Gather the data from the results of the water

analysis.